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Buffalo hide knife sheath - beaded decoration
Buffalo hide knife sheath - beaded decoration
Object Number 39-30-10/18215
Display Title Buffalo hide knife sheath - beaded decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sheath, green,pink, blue, yellow beaded design, quill and leather fringe
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Leather, Glass, Porcupine quill
Dimensions Overall: 42.4 x 10.8 x 3 cm (16 11/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18215
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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